Homeboy Bernard Tomic gives sign of the future Down Under

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Bernard Tomic wore sunglasses throughout the three hours and 15 minutes of a grand slam main draw debut that rocked the Margaret Court Arena and could become a defining moment in the future of the sport Down Under. He will need them again in the morning to shield him from the glare of the headlines greeting an arrival on the grandest stage that fulfilled every bit of his promise.

On the day of record crowds and a baking hot 36°C, the second youngest man to play in the Australian Open - at 16 years and 103 days, he is four months